Mast-hoop.



No. 855,246. I PATENTED MAY 28, 1907.

Y P. J. HANSEN.

MAST HOOP. APPLIOATION FILED AUG-10, 1906.

vwehtoz awe may a. y g a mm eases PETER J. HANSEN, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

MAST-HOOP.

Specification. of Letters Patent;

PatentedMay 2a, 1907.

Application filed August l() 1906. Serial No. 330.064.

To a, whom, it may concern.-

'Be it known that I, PETER J. HANSEN, a citizen of United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mast-Hoops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for attachmg 'a sail to the mast of a watercraft and has for an object to provide improved means so with the mast.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved hoop for encircling the mast and embodyingthe means for en agement by the cordage or lacing means w ereby said cordage or lacing is not abraded by the bolts joining the ends: of the hoops.

With these and other objects'in view, the

invention comprises certain novel construc tions, combinations, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 'is'a view in,e1evation of a conventional sail and mast with the improved-hoop associated-therewith. Fig.2 is a view in top plan of the improved hoo forming the subject matter of this inventlon. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the hoop and guard taken on line 33 of Fig. 2. aview in plan of the washer associated with the improved'device and adapted to bind the extremities of the wooden hoo Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several VIEWS.

The invention forming the subject matter of this application, is applicable to the usual and ordinary hoop represented at 10, which encircles the mast as 11 of any usual and ordinary water craft a'nd to which the sail as 12,

is bent by the usual meansas the lacing 13 adjacent the bottom of the sail, or the loops 14 adjacent the top.

The hoop 10 is constructed in substantially the usual manner having its ends tapered and overlapped, as indicated at'15. Within the hoop is disposed a curved or bulged member 16 having its opposite ends .as' 17 and 18 curved to conform to the arc of the hoop and secured within the hoop by means ofthe bolts or rivets 19 and 20, by which the overlapped ends of the hoop pro or are, secured together. The bolts 19 an 20 are also provided with washers 21 formed as shown in Fig. 4 and embracing the rivets before they are inserted through the hoop and headed, and after being so headed have their ends bent over the thin ta ered ends of the hoop to prevent the tapere ends from splitting adjacent hoop.

The member 16 is curved inwardly and so pro ortioned that it will contactwith the su 'ace of the mast and hold the surface of the mast out of contact with the heads of the bolts 19 and 20, and thus prevent the said bolt heads from abrading or otherwise marring the surface of the mast.

The curved member, 16 is formed convex upon its surface adjacent the mast as shown particularly in Fig; 3 and whereby a smooth surface .is presented to the surface of the mast even when the hoop hangs at an angle relative to the mast, as is customary, and as is shown in Fig. 1. The curved member 16 also defines a space as 22 between the said curved member and the hoop proper wherein is secured the lacing or cordage by which the sail is bent to the mast.

In use the engagement .of the lacing or cordage within the space 22 prevents the hoop IO fI'OIIPtIlIDiHg upon the-mast to any considerable extent except with. and under action of the sail, so that the hoop contacts and springing away from the with the mast during the greater part of the time at the side opposite the joined ends and the wear occasioned between the hoop and the mast is at that side and away from the bolts or rivets-joining the ends of the hoops. The curved member 16, however, holds the hoop in such position relative to the mast that if the hoop turns upon the mast, it is yet held from contact with the bolt by reason of the curved member. being of such inwardly disposed curvature that the mast will not engage the inner ends of the bolts.-

As the cordage by which the sail is bent to the mastis disposed within the opening from between the curved member 16 and the hoop,

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it is retained within said space and will not slide about the hoop and lnto contact with the bolt or rivets and be by such bolts or rivets abraded to cause breakage.

WhatIclaim is: 3 1. In'a device of the class described, a hoop having over lapped tapered ends, and a curved member disposed within the hoop I and having its curvature disposed reversely tothe curvature of the hoop, and its opposite ends secured to the hoop adjacent the extremities of the overlapped ta ered ends. 2. In a device of the class escribed,. a

' hoop comprising tapered overlapped ends,-a

curved member Within the hoop disposed with its opposite ends adj acent-the tapered ends and means rigidly securing the curved member to the hoop and the ends of the hoop rigidly together.

3. In a device of the class described, a 20 hoop comprising tapered overlapped ends, a I member disposed Within the hoop, and curved :eversely thereto, and with its opposite ends PETER J. HANSEN.

Witnesses:

G. WARD KEMP, CLYDE D. POTTER. 

